"I didn’t turn Madrid into a battlefield (but) it's clear who won the fight."

-- Jorge Valdano, who has been dismissed as Real Madrid's director general after a season full of run-ins with Coach Jose Mourinho. The former Real Madrid player and coach had been critical of Mourinho's style of play during the Portuguese coach's first season, in which Los Merengues won the Spanish Cup but finished behind archrival Barcelona in La Liga and the Champions League. (AP)